CATALOGUE OF VEGETABLE NOVELTIES. 
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KEPPLER’S LONG ISLAND CELERY. 
We introduced this variety last spring, believing it to be a very desirable 
sort for winter use. Time has confirmed our opinion. We now claim that 
it is the best keeper in existence and unsurpassed in its fine flavor and 
tender stringless quality. The originator’s description is: — “ The favorite 
green table sort, best keeper in existence. This variety is thoroughly 
established by careful selection. It partakes of the best qualities of any 
variety. It is a “ sport” from the “ Schuhmacher Celery,” and is of a fine 
nutty flavor, being entirely free from any bitter taste. It grows about one 
and one-half feet high; the stalks are very broad, thick and crisp; the 
width and thickness of these are distinctive features of this variety. It 
bleaches with but slight earthing up, and very quickly — in five or six days. 
It is a splendid keeper. The Seed we offer was grown by one of the best mar¬ 
ket gardeners on Long Island, N.Y.” Pkt., 20 cts.; oz., $1.00; lb., $3.50. 
PARIS GOLDEN SELF-BLANCHING CELERY. 
There has been much disappointment met with by growers of this 
popular market sort. We have on hand a stock of about fifty pounds 
that was grown season of 1898 by the originators in France/ By test 
just made it shows a vitality of 94 per cent. We sold a considerable quantity of the same lot season of 1899 
and it gave such general satisfaction that many of our friends have already given us their orders for a 
supply for this year’s sowing. We quote from a letter received October 3, 1899, from Mr. H. R. Kinney, 
Market Gardener, Worcester. “January 20th, you sent me some Paris Golden Celery seed that has 
proved very satisfactory, and I should like some out of the same lot for next season. If you chance to 
have any left please send me ]/z lb.” Pkt. 10 cts.; oz., 40 cts.; lb., $4.00 
BOSTON MARKET CELERY. 
We have a small lot of this much-prized variety that was grown in Arlington , and is, we believe, the 
genuine Boston Market quality and type. It is crop of 1898, but of good vitality. The supply is very 
limited, so we advise early ordering by those who appreciate the “real thing.” Pkt. 10 cts • oz 40 cts ’• 
H 
MAMMOTH WHITE CORY SWEET CORN. 
This is not 
the White Cob 
Cory, but a 
larger , earlier , 
more p rod u dive 
a 71 d sweeter 
sort. Without 
doubt it is the 
largest and best 
extra early 
sweet corn yet offered. The ears are 12 rowed, finely formed, with no opening between the rows at the 
base. The stalks, although no taller than the White Cory usually furnish two or more good-sized ears of 
fine shape which are fit for the table before those of any other sort. Market gardeners will find this a 
very saleable variety. Pkt., 10 cts.; qt., 25 cts.; bu., $4.00. 
EARLY EVERGREEN SWEET CORN. 
We quote from the originator: “ We have tested many samples of Corn which were claimed to be 
earlier than Stowell’s Evergreen, and just as good, but we have never found any of them valuable. For 
the past six years we have been developing this variety, which we offer with the statement, backed by 
careful tests made both in the trial grounds and in the field, that it will furnish ears fit for use much 
earlier than Stowell’s Evergreen. The ears are like the Evergreen, very large, with about eighteen more 
or less irregular rows and a very long grain which is of the very best 
quality. It remains in condition for use longer than other sorts, 
exceeding the Stowell’s in this respect. The plant and ear would be 
pronounced by observers to be a fine stock of the old variety though fit 
for use one or two weeks earlier. Pkt., 10 cts.; qt., 25 cts.; bu. $3.50. 
ROCKY FORD, OR COLORADO 
MUSK MELON. 
This is the very fine green-fleshed variety that has been offered in 
Boston and other Eastern markets for the past few seasons under the 
name of Colorado cantaloupe. It is of the Netted Gem type, oval in 
shape, averaging from four to five inches in length, of a delicate 
flavor, very smooth and fine grained flesh, alight green color through¬ 
out when ripe, and is the most attractive and popular melon now on 
the market. While the extra quality of this melon is due to a large 
extent to the locality in which it is grown, nevertheless it is a very 
desirable sort, and will please all who plant it. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 10 
cts.; lb., $1.00. 
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